All Students Should Be Taught To Code From An Early Age

I read about the first White House Twitter Town Hall on Wednesday, July 6 at 2 p.m. EDT moderated by Jack Dorsey. http://www.whitehouse.gov/tweetup Job creation will be a key topic. There is huge demand for developers and designers, despite millions of people already working worldwide in these fields. We can create jobs, stimulate growth and continue to lead innovation by encouraging our children to become hackers. High profile leaders of tech including Steve Jobs, Sergey Brin, Larry Page, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Michael Dell, Jeff Bezos, Eric Schmidt, John Doerr and many others should come together to encourage and support code camps, courses and other forms of training. The White House should promote this as the Code Corps. Imagine the benefits of such an approach, particularly if started around the ages 10-12. Maybe someone attending the Tweetup (Erin Kotecki Vest @queenofspain) can help float this idea.

For Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf, having fended off an unwanted takeover from Broadcom just leaves more headaches, from customer disputes to unhappy shareholders to a new long-shot takeover bid from his former boss.

Facebook ignited a firestorm over how it manages third-party access to its users’ information, after it said a firm with ties to the 2016 Trump campaign improperly kept data for years despite saying it had destroyed those records.

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Despite being smack in the middle of its demographic, I have never been a Pinterest user. I actually just signed up again to try to see if the service was more compelling now. I make Halloween costumes for my kids. I am redesigning part of my house right now. I am an avid art lover, can’t decide what to do with my hair, and am trying to decide on a new tatto […]

A few weeks ago, Pando wrote about the latest comeback attempt of disgraced venture capitalist and admitted sexual harasser Justin Caldbeck. Caldbeck was scheduled to speak at a Women in STEM “Gender Summit,” at least until several prominent industry women -- including one of his victims -- emailed participants and sponsors to alert them to what was going on […]

Sallie Krawcheck is one of my favorite entrepreneurs. I finally got to meet her last year after many years following her career as one of the most senior women on Wall Street. A 2002 Fortune Magazine cover put her face as the hope of trust on Wall Street with a headline: "The Last Honest Analyst." Indeed, she was fired in 2008 from Citi because she […]

On March 24, people across the country will march in the streets to demand an end to mass shootings—and now, they have a soundtrack. Broadway heavyweights Lin-Manuel Miranda and Ben Platt have joined forces Monday to release "Found/Tonight," with all proceeds going towards March for Our Lives initiative. SEE ALSO: Lin-Manuel Miranda, James Corden, […]

Last week, Donald Trump's Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, had a rough time on 60 Minutes. Facing basic questions about the issues her government role is focused on, DeVos responded with a series of awkward fumbles and "did she really just say that??" self-owns. It was perfectly primed for a searing Saturday Night Live treatment, and the s […]

Well, at least one of the the people in the video below is having a fun time. SEE ALSO: How Walt Disney World's new virtual reality rides ruined my vacation On Friday, Florida State University student Megan Connolly shared footage of herself on a fairly terrifying-looking theme park ride. The moment my soul left my body.pic.twitter.com/xHJNLLI8bp — Mega […]

Ofgem, the U.K. government’s regulator for gas and electricity, has revealed that projects trialled under the Low Carbon Networks Fund (LCNF) could save 215 tonnes of CO2. The program ran for six years, ending in 2015, with the aim of helping Distribution Network Operators (DNOs) develop cost effective and energy efficient solutions for the smart... Read mor […]

The Internet of Things is sweeping across the globe at breakneck speeds, and before we know it, our entire lives will be facilitated by connected technology. We’re already seeing the IoT make an incredible impact on how the industrial world operates, and we’re seeing it seep into household goods to bring convenience and efficiency to... Read more » The post […]

PARC, the research and development arm of Xerox, announced on Tuesday that it has secured part of $19 million in federal funding from the Energy Department to develop peel-and-stick sensors for homes, businesses, and other buildings. The peel-and-stick sensors will be able to detect air quality, temperature, humidity, occupancy, and more, according to PARC. […]

LinkedIn this morning is rolling out a new feature for job searchers that allows them to better leverage their network of connections when looking for a new job. The company is introducing “Ask for a Referral,” which places a button next to the jobs where you know people who work at the company advertising open […]

Pinterest is looking to continue to increase its portfolio of ads, though some can sometimes that can take a little while to see the light of day — and that includes a new-ish tool called Shopping Ads that’s slowly getting opened to more developers. Getting new ad formats is important for a smaller company looking […]

Facebook is using us. It is actively giving away our information. It is creating an echo chamber in the name of connection. It surfaces the divisive and destroys the real reason we began using social media in the first place – human connection. It is a cancer. I’ve begun the slow process of weaning myself […]

As The Verge’s resident headphones obsessive, I’m not supposed to like the AirPods. My initial reaction upon first seeing them many months ago was to pour scorn on Apple’s designers for crafting a pair of expensive and easy-to-lose cigarette butts. The AirPods were the resurrection of the awful Bluetooth headsets of years past, I thought. But this year, I fi […]

The worlds of Studio Ghibli movies are places that I’ve always wanted to visit. In fact, many of them seem like the perfect setting for a role-playing game. I can imagine stopping in the quaint town of Kiki’s Delivery Service for a restorative break in between battles or seeking out important magical items in the Spirited Away bathhouse. Even the cast of How […]

It feels like almost every aspect of Huawei’s upcoming P20 and P20 Pro flagship phones has leaked ahead of the March 27th release date, and now we can add one more leak to the list: the European prices for the phones. According to Twitter user Roland Quandt (via MobileScout), the P20 will cost €679 (around $835) while the larger P20 Pro will run for €899 (ro […]

Once staunch rivals in high-end VR, it now seems Facebook-owned Oculus and HTC are treading different paths. While Oculus is gearing up to launch a more affordable standalone headset, HTC has gone in the opposite direction with the Vive Pro, a new to...

Much as it has with every other retail sector, Amazon has steadily expanded its gaming presence, especially since it purchased Twitch in 2014. Now, it's unveiled a service that will allow it to break into another gaming arena. Built on Amazon's massi...

WebOS used to power HP's long-dead Palm devices and early tablets, but since LG got a hold of it in 2013, it's mostly been associated with smart TVs and refrigerators. LG is hoping to push the the platform beyond that, however, with a new release cal...

Following in the footsteps of Facebook and Google, Twitter is also contemplating banning all cryptocurrency advertising from its platform. The updated advertising policy stands to prohibit promotional content for initial coin offerings (ICO), token sales, and cryptocurrency wallets globally, according to a report from Sky News. The new rules might come into […]

Questions still abound about the sustainability of cryptocurrency mining and its impact on energy consumption. Per figures from Digiconomist, Bitcoin consumes 53.28TWh annually (about as much as Bangladesh consumes in a year) and about 262KWh per transaction. For some context, that could power more than 3,000 US households a year. Ethereum, the world’s secon […]

Google already earns revenue when you search for anything using its service and see ads, but it’s now turning shoppers’ queries into an even bigger money-spinner. Reuters reports that the company is partnering with major retailers like Target Walmart, Home Depot, and Costco to let them list their products in search results when you enter a query like, “Where […]